62nd St BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4211

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1478

peak 1478 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-07-31

latest 2024-08-09

Best ToY finish

#1020

Master 2024

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 69%

overall standings

Best overall

667.3372 / 720

Master · Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews

Perfect 180s

Current form

662.64 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 625.72 (+36.93)

Walk rate

36%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7372

Chicken · Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews

Consistency

±59.53

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 162.78 · weakest Brisket (156.53)

Road miles

962

mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 109 mi

Schedule strength

53%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)

Purse competed for

$60K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

625.72 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

667.3372 career-best overall

92.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 667.3372 at Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews — 92.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2023-08-11

A tough matchup

8–1 behind in the head-to-head

Backdraft BBQ ahead in 89% of their meetings

Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.25 points below their pork, and turns into a call 18% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 156.53
Pork avg 162.78
2 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

7–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of DOUBLE J SMOKERS in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at SLV Beat the Heat BBQ (2021-08-06).

last seen 2019-08-02
back 2021-08-06

Pork nemesis

8 of 8 shared pork entries lost

BRACKEN RACKS BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BRACKEN RACKS BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared pork entries.

Boom or bust

±8.27% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±8.27% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 86.9% of a perfect score
best 92.7%

An August team

Top 60% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 60% across 6 contests, versus top 69% the rest of the year.

6 August contests
top 69% the rest of the year

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

144 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BONEHEAD BROTHERS BBQ TEAM

#4191 of the rated field

1479 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to 62nd St BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team 62nd St BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2016-07-22

⚔ Head-to-head

Three Stooges bbq

#4213 of the rated field

1478 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2023-08-25

⚔ Head-to-head

Stock Car BBQ

#4207 of the rated field

1478 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1510 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2023-06-23

⚔ Head-to-head

Team BS BBQ

#4206 of the rated field

1479 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 11 years after 62nd St BBQ did, first appearing in 2026.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

Key corner cookers

#4208 of the rated field

1478 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

Level with 62nd St BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2024-06-07

⚔ Head-to-head

LAZY 2 BBQ

#4198 of the rated field

1479 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1479

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 9 years before 62nd St BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Backdraft BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
DOUBLE J SMOKERS	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
WOODY'S Q SHACK	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Service Dog BBQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
WILD HOGS BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Chucho Q	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
PIG IN A PIT	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
HONEYMAN BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
UNCLE J'S	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	1	177.7372	149.1656	162.34	top 65%
Pork Ribs	11	1	0	170.2972	149.0856	158.83	top 72%
Pork	11	0	0	173.1200	142.8228	162.78	top 61%
Brisket	11	2	0	172.0000	123.9316	156.53	top 60%

“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 70%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 67%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ	3	26	0	top 69%	2019-08-02
Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews	2	12	0	top 50%	2024-08-09

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 9 yrs 2015-07-31 → 2024-08-09

Busiest season 2019 2 contests

Contests a season 1.4 across 8 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CO 11 of 11 contests

Contests visited 8 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 11 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 162.78 · weakest Brisket (156.53)

Walk rate 36% a top-10 call in 4 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 11 contests

Master average 625.72 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 215 145–292 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 962 11 mapped stops · furthest 109 mi

Schedule strength 1568 average field rating faced — tougher than 53% of rated contests

Purse competed for $59,850 listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 5 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2 yrs 2019-08-02 → 2021-08-06

Power rating 1478 peak 1478 · #4211 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2015
Jul 31 First tracked contest SLV Beat the Heat - Barbeque, Brews and Chili
Jul 31 Peak power rating (1487) SLV Beat the Heat - Barbeque, Brews and Chili
2017
Aug 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6344 San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ
2019
Jun 7 First call Buskers, Brews & BBQ
2023
Aug 11 10th tracked contest Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
Aug 11 Career-best overall score667.3372 Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
2024
Aug 9 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7372 Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
Aug 9 Most recent contest Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.1	25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge	2018-06-15
+4.5	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews	2023-08-11
+3.8	Buskers, Brews & BBQ	2019-06-07
+3	SLV Beat the Heat BBQ	2021-08-06
+2	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews	2024-08-09

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.3	SLV Beat the Heat - Barbeque, Brews and Chili	2015-07-31
-12.7	National Western BBQ Throwdown	2016-01-08
-12.3	Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest	2017-07-21
-6.6	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ	2018-08-03

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	100%	top 55%	92%	92%
2023	1	100%	top 44%	92.7%	92.7%
2021	1	0%	top 57%	92.6%	92.6%
2019	2	100%	top 57%	91.8%	91.4%
2018	2	0%	top 64%	90.7%	89.3%
2017	2	0%	top 80%	91.3%	77.9%
2016	1	0%	top 100%	80.1%	80.1%
2015	1	0%	top 100%	81.3%	81.3%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-08-09	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO	16 / 29 (662.7428)	2 (177.7372)	27 (157.6572)	20 (164.5256)	20 (162.8228)
2023-08-11	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO	12 / 27 (667.3372)	15 (167.9772)	7 (170.2972)	18 (165.1200)	19 (163.9428)
2021-08-06	SLV Beat the Heat BBQ 🏅 Alamosa, CO	24 / 42 (666.8004)	36 (162.2744)	32 (163.4060)	11 (173.1200)	12 (168.0000)
2019-08-02	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ 🏅 Alamosa, CO	33 / 54 (661.0628)	37 (164.0000)	35 (165.1200)	40 (159.9428)	8 (172.0000)
2019-06-07	Buskers, Brews & BBQ 🏅 Aurora, CO	20 / 38 (655.2800)	21 (163.9888)	31 (155.9544)	15 (167.3712)	10 (167.9656)
2018-08-03	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO	35 / 41 (633.0400)	35 (158.8228)	39 (151.3828)	24 (165.7256)	32 (157.1088)
2018-06-15	25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	26 / 62 (653.1200)	19 (166.2856)	21 (165.7488)	20 (167.4284)	40 (153.6572)
2017-08-04	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO	26 / 44 (657.6344)	30 (163.4172)	28 (162.8572)	33 (161.6800)	11 (169.6800)
2017-07-21	Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest Arvada, CO	46 / 46 (463.8400)	—	36 (155.9428)	32 (160.0000)	43 (147.8972)
2016-01-08	National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO	36 / 36 (576.4916)	34 (149.1656)	33 (149.6916)	34 (142.8228)	34 (134.8116)
2015-07-31	SLV Beat the Heat - Barbeque, Brews and Chili Alamosa, CO	29 / 29 (585.5200)	28 (149.6916)	26 (149.0856)	19 (162.8112)	29 (123.9316)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024 ↗	Master	#1020 (99 pts)	#686 (254 pts)	#1605 (54 pts)	#1155 (79 pts)	#1126 (79 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1022 (117 pts)	#1153 (102 pts)	#989 (157 pts)	#1179 (87 pts)	#1203 (82 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1372 (145 pts)	#1483 (140 pts)	#1575 (120 pts)	#1359 (170 pts)	#997 (290 pts)